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Evan B. We are going to show you some different organisms that live in the temperate deciduous forest.
Moneran Monerans are single-celled and do not have a nucleus. One type of Moneran is called Cyanobacteria. Cyanobacteria lives in plants helping them make their food in exchange for a home. Cyanobacteria is commonly known as "blue-green algae". One other type is called
Cyanobacteria
Closridium perfringens which lives in wet animal footprints.
Closridium perfringens
Protists Protists have a nucleus and organelles and are mostly single-celled but they are not Monerans. One type of protist is a Pseudopod amoeboid, also known as the amoeba. Amoebas mainly live around water, and it rains a good amount in temperate deciduous forest, so there are lots of amoebas there. Paramecium putrinum is also distributed this way and can live in wet animal fur but mostly lives in water.
An amoeba magmified by 200x
Paramecium putrinum
Fungi Fungi are multi-celled organisms that do not make their own food but absorb food and have no chlorophyll. One type of fungi is called Alder Bracket but is most commonly known as shelf fungus. The scientific name is Inonotus radiatus. This type of fungi is mostly found on the trunks of trees. Shelf fungus enters the tree through the trunks, branches or injuries. Shelf fungus is usually around from June to September. Another type of fungus is Cyathus olla, also known as bird's nest fungus. It lives in forests on trees and on the ground.
Shelf Fungus
Bird's Nest Fungus
Plants Plants are multi-celluar organisims with organelles that make their own food. They have a chemical called chlorophyl in them that allows them to make their own food and gives them their green color. Plants have ten main divisions. There are two main types of plants: types that reproduce by spores, and types that reproduce by seeds. Plants that reproduce by spores break into four more groups: mosses, liverworts, horsetails, and ferns. Plants that reproduce by seeds break into two groups: gymnosperms and angiosperms.
One type of Club Moss is commonly known as Ground Pine, it's scientific name is Lycopodium obscurum. Ground Pine live on the forest floor.
Another type of spore-producing plant is a horsetail. Horsetails have long stems that break into parts. One type of horse tail is the Wood Horsetail. it is found in wet or swampy forests, open forests, and meadow areas.
A picture of a wood horsetail
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Sphenophyta (horsetails)
Class : Equisetopsida
Order : Equisetales
Family : Equisetaceae
Genus : Equisetum
species: sylvaticum
One type of spore-producing plant is a fern. Ferns live in forests on the ground in shady areas. Ferns produce by spores on the bottom of their leaves that then are blown away by the wind. One type of fern is known as Polypodium vulgare.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta (Fern)
One type of Angiosperm is commonly known as Dutchman's-Breeches, it's scientific name is Dicentra cucullaria. Dutchman's-Breeches live in heavily shaded forest floors.
Kingdom: Planae
Division: Magnollophyta (Angiosperm)
One type of gymnosperm is commonly known as Eastern White Pine. It's scientific name is Pinus strobus.Eastern White Pine grow in northeastern north America.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta (conifers/gymnosperms)
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
species: strobus
One type of hornwort is known as Phaeoceros laevis. This hornwort is found growing on the bark of trees.
Kingdom: Plantae
Next we have a moss. Mosses are found on the forest floor and on the bark of trees. Mosses are non-vascular, so most are very small. One type of moss is known as Polytrichum strictum.
Kingdom: Plantae
Animals
Animals are multicellular organisms. They do not make their own food. They are divided into two main groups, those with backbones(vertebrates) and those without a backbone(invertebrates). There are 4 different groups of animals based on what they eat. There are Herbivores, which eat only plants, there are Carnivores, which eat only meat, and Omnivores which eat a combination of plants and meat, lastly there are decomposers which thrive on dead or organism material.
White Tailed Deer are a warmblooded mammal with as the name suggests a white tail. They are Herbivores. The White Tailed Deer's scientific name is Odocoileus virginianus. This deer lives in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America and the northern parts of South America all the way south to Peru. They can adapt a wide variety of habitats.
Kingdom: Animalia
The Grey Wolf is another warmblooded mammal and is a Carnivore. The Grey Wolf is a Vertebrate. The Grey Wolf's scientific name is Canis lupus. They live in many habitats including the Temperate Deciduous Forests.
Kingdom: Animalia
The Eastern Cottontail rabbit is another mammal that is a Vertebrate. This rabbit is a Herbivore. The Scientific name is Sylvilagus floridanus.They are abundant in the Midwest North America and live in many other countries as well.
Kingdom: Animalia
Eastern Cottontail rabbit
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Sylvilagus
species: floridanus
The Grey Tree frog is an Amphibian and is an Omnivore. The Grey Tree frog is a Vertebrate. Their scientific name is Hyla versicolor. They live in North America.
Kingdom: Animalia
Our second amphibian is an Eastern Newt. The eastern newt is an omnivore, eating flies and spiders, as well as small berries. The eastern newt is cold-blooded. This newts name is Notophthalmus viridescens. Easter newts thrive in wet forests where there are lakes or ponds in or near by.
Kingdom: Animalia
The Tufted Titmouse is a warmblooded bird and is an Omnivore. They are Vertebrates and their scientific name is Parus bicolor. They live in North America.
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
The Bald Eagle is a warmblooded Carnivore. This bird is a Vertebrate and has a scientific name of Haliaeetus leucocephalus. They live in Northern Mexico and the United States.
Kingdom: Animalia
One reptile is the common garter snake. They are cold-blooded, have lungs, but they surprisingly give live birth, unlike other snakes. They are carnivores, eating mice and frogs as well as other small mammals and amphibians. They live in North America.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptillia
Our next reptile is an Eastern box turtle. Eastern box turtles are omnivores, eating small insects and snails as well as fallen fruit, flowers, and other plant material. They live in the Eastern North America.
Kingdom: Animalia
An eastern box turtle
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptillia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
species: carolina
The Wolf spider is an Arthropoda and is an Invertebrate. It's scientific name is Hognahelluo. The Wolf spider is a carnivore preying upon mainly insects and small mammals.
They live in a range of habitats including woodlands. They can live in inlands and coastal.
Kingdom: Animalia
This is a monarch butterfly. They are herbivores, feeding only on the milkweed plant. It is an invertebrate, having no backbone. As all butterflies, they begin life as a caterpillar, and after eating lots of milkweed, they enter a cocoon and soon emerge as a butterfly. They live in North America, New Zeland and many others.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Anthropoda
Next, we have a tapeworm. These little buggers inhabit the intestinal track of larger mammals, feeding off its blood. Anyway, the tapeworm shares a parasitic relationship with the organism it inhabits.
Kingdom: Animalia
Here we have a slug. Slugs have no backbone, but they have slime instead. They are herbivores, eating plant material. This slug is a common garden slug.
Kingdom: Animalia
The Cotton Root-Knot Nematode is a Invertebrate roundworm. They feed on a host wich is the roots of plants and they make galls. They live in Their scientific name is Meloidogyne incognita.
Evan B. We are going to show you some different organisms that live in the temperate deciduous forest.
Moneran
Monerans are single-celled and do not have a nucleus. One type of Moneran is called Cyanobacteria. Cyanobacteria lives in plants helping them make their food in exchange for a home. Cyanobacteria is commonly known as "blue-green algae". One other type is called
Protists
Protists have a nucleus and organelles and are mostly single-celled but they are not Monerans. One type of protist is a Pseudopod amoeboid, also known as the amoeba. Amoebas mainly live around water, and it rains a good amount in temperate deciduous forest, so there are lots of amoebas there. Paramecium putrinum is also distributed this way and can live in wet animal fur but mostly lives in water.
Fungi
Fungi are multi-celled organisms that do not make their own food but absorb food and have no chlorophyll. One type of fungi is called Alder Bracket but is most commonly known as shelf fungus. The scientific name is Inonotus radiatus. This type of fungi is mostly found on the trunks of trees. Shelf fungus enters the tree through the trunks, branches or injuries. Shelf fungus is usually around from June to September. Another type of fungus is Cyathus olla, also known as bird's nest fungus. It lives in forests on trees and on the ground.
Plants
Plants are multi-celluar organisims with organelles that make their own food. They have a chemical called chlorophyl in them that allows them to make their own food and gives them their green color. Plants have ten main divisions. There are two main types of plants: types that reproduce by spores, and types that reproduce by seeds. Plants that reproduce by spores break into four more groups: mosses, liverworts, horsetails, and ferns. Plants that reproduce by seeds break into two groups: gymnosperms and angiosperms.
One type of Club Moss is commonly known as Ground Pine, it's scientific name is Lycopodium obscurum. Ground Pine live on the forest floor.
Kingdom: Plantea
Division: Lycopodiophyta (club moss)
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Lycopodium
species: obscurum
Another type of spore-producing plant is a horsetail. Horsetails have long stems that break into parts. One type of horse tail is the Wood Horsetail. it is found in wet or swampy forests, open forests, and meadow areas.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Sphenophyta (horsetails)
Class : Equisetopsida
Order : Equisetales
Family : Equisetaceae
Genus : Equisetum
species: sylvaticum
One type of spore-producing plant is a fern. Ferns live in forests on the ground in shady areas. Ferns produce by spores on the bottom of their leaves that then are blown away by the wind. One type of fern is known as Polypodium vulgare.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta (Fern)
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Polypodium
Species: vulgare
One type of Angiosperm is commonly known as Dutchman's-Breeches, it's scientific name is Dicentra cucullaria. Dutchman's-Breeches live in heavily shaded forest floors.
Kingdom: Planae
Division: Magnollophyta (Angiosperm)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Fumariaceae
Genus: Dicentra
species: cucullaria
One type of gymnosperm is commonly known as Eastern White Pine. It's scientific name is Pinus strobus.Eastern White Pine grow in northeastern north America.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta (conifers/gymnosperms)
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
species: strobus
One type of hornwort is known as Phaeoceros laevis. This hornwort is found growing on the bark of trees.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Anthocerotophyta (hornwort)
Class: Anthocerotopsida
Order: Anthocerotales
Family: Anthocerotaceae
Genus: Phaeoceros
species: laevis
Next we have a moss. Mosses are found on the forest floor and on the bark of trees. Mosses are non-vascular, so most are very small. One type of moss is known as Polytrichum strictum.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta(mosses)
Class: Polytrichopsida
Subclass: Polytrichidae
Order: Polytrichales
Family: Polytrichaceae
Genus: Polytrichum
Species: strictum
Animals
Animals are multicellular organisms. They do not make their own food. They are divided into two main groups, those with backbones(vertebrates) and those without a backbone(invertebrates). There are 4 different groups of animals based on what they eat. There are Herbivores, which eat only plants, there are Carnivores, which eat only meat, and Omnivores which eat a combination of plants and meat, lastly there are decomposers which thrive on dead or organism material.
White Tailed Deer are a warmblooded mammal with as the name suggests a white tail. They are Herbivores. The White Tailed Deer's scientific name is Odocoileus virginianus. This deer lives in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America and the northern parts of South America all the way south to Peru. They can adapt a wide variety of habitats.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Odocoileus
species: virginianus
The Grey Wolf is another warmblooded mammal and is a Carnivore. The Grey Wolf is a Vertebrate. The Grey Wolf's scientific name is Canis lupus. They live in many habitats including the Temperate Deciduous Forests.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phlyum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidea
Genus: Canis
species: lupus
The Eastern Cottontail rabbit is another mammal that is a Vertebrate. This rabbit is a Herbivore. The Scientific name is Sylvilagus floridanus.They are abundant in the Midwest North America and live in many other countries as well.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Sylvilagus
species: floridanus
The Grey Tree frog is an Amphibian and is an Omnivore. The Grey Tree frog is a Vertebrate. Their scientific name is Hyla versicolor. They live in North America.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyla
species: versicolor
Our second amphibian is an Eastern Newt. The eastern newt is an omnivore, eating flies and spiders, as well as small berries. The eastern newt is cold-blooded. This newts name is Notophthalmus viridescens. Easter newts thrive in wet forests where there are lakes or ponds in or near by.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Notophthalmus
species: viridescens
The Tufted Titmouse is a warmblooded bird and is an Omnivore. They are Vertebrates and their scientific name is Parus bicolor. They live in North America.
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Peridae
Genus: Parus
species: bicolor
The Bald Eagle is a warmblooded Carnivore. This bird is a Vertebrate and has a scientific name of Haliaeetus leucocephalus. They live in Northern Mexico and the United States.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Haliaeetus
species: leucocephalus
One reptile is the common garter snake. They are cold-blooded, have lungs, but they surprisingly give live birth, unlike other snakes. They are carnivores, eating mice and frogs as well as other small mammals and amphibians. They live in North America.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptillia
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophi
species: sirtalis
Our next reptile is an Eastern box turtle. Eastern box turtles are omnivores, eating small insects and snails as well as fallen fruit, flowers, and other plant material. They live in the Eastern North America.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptillia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
species: carolina
The Wolf spider is an Arthropoda and is an Invertebrate. It's scientific name is Hogna helluo. The Wolf spider is a carnivore preying upon mainly insects and small mammals.
They live in a range of habitats including woodlands. They can live in inlands and coastal.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Hogna
species: helluo
This is a monarch butterfly. They are herbivores, feeding only on the milkweed plant. It is an invertebrate, having no backbone. As all butterflies, they begin life as a caterpillar, and after eating lots of milkweed, they enter a cocoon and soon emerge as a butterfly. They live in North America, New Zeland and many others.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Anthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Danaus
species: plexippus
Next, we have a tapeworm. These little buggers inhabit the intestinal track of larger mammals, feeding off its blood. Anyway, the tapeworm shares a parasitic relationship with the organism it inhabits.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Cyclophyllida
Family: Taniidae
Genus: Taenia
species: solium
Here we have a slug. Slugs have no backbone, but they have slime instead. They are herbivores, eating plant material. This slug is a common garden slug.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Limacidae
Genus: Lehmannia
species: nyctelia
The Common European Earth Worm is a segmented worm and is an Invertebrate.
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Oligochaeta
Order: Haplotaxida
Family: Lumbricidae
Genus: Lumbricus
species: terrestris
The Cotton Root-Knot Nematode is a Invertebrate roundworm. They feed on a host wich is the roots of plants and they make galls. They live in Their scientific name is Meloidogyne incognita.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentae
Order: Tylenchida
Family: Heteroderidae
Genus: Meloidogyne
species: incognita
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